My artistic process is driven by a formal fascination with texture, material, and a desire for research and experimentation. Growing up in the outskirts of Appalachia, I often use kudzu, mountains, hollers, creeks, caves, and red clay as catalysts for expressing the relationships between humanity, nature, and time. In developing my works conceptually I am compelled by cave paintings, the uncanny, the science of memory, history, and archaeology. I use my connection to place and my academic interests to create invasive sculptures and installations that evoke flesh, eviscerated muscle tissue, sinew, and entities inspired by the history of object/human interaction. I often use ceramics, metals, textiles, and plaster to engage with shadow, light, and space to create Foucauldian objects without context.
meemaw's porch (after erwin wurm), 2024